Senior Bojan Hrlec added a pair of goals and sophomore Pablo Carballo one for the eighth-seeded 'Eaters (13-13).

Balazs Erdelyi scored five goals and Goran Tomasevic four for Pacific (21-3).

Erdelyi scored four times in the first quarter to help the Tigers to a 6-1 lead and Pacific led 10-3 at the half.

UCI pulled within 12-6 on a goal by Wise with 7:36 left in the fourth quarter and within six again at 13-7 on Carballo's goal with 5:43 remaining.

The 'Eaters will face California on Saturday at 10 a.m.

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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Cal Poly SLO def. UC Irvine

UC Irvine served for six match points in the fourth set but was unable to come away with the win and Cal Poly capitalized, handing the Anteaters a 17-25, 20-25, 25-21, 26-24, 17-15 Big West Conference loss Friday at the Bren Events Center.

The Anteaters and Mustangs combined for 127 digs with UCI posting 106. Arden Davis and Shelley Anderson led the team with 19 digs apiece with Anderson registering a career-high. Molly Yoder added 15 digs. Aly Squires logged 14 digs and Cassidy Pickrell also had a personal-best with 10 digs. Pickrell paced the offense with 16 kills with Shannon Fleming and Marisa Bubica putting away 13 kills each. Arielle Manz had a season-best 12 kills to go along with five total blocks and eight digs, a personal-high for the middle blocker.